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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Barrister John Nwa." <celine092----8214@att.net>
Reply-To: barrister_johnnwa1@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 02:06:01 -0800 (PST)
Subject: RE



BARRISTER JOHN NWA AND ASSOCIATES.
ATTORNEY AT LAW TO THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA PAYMENT
APPROVAL OFFICE.
TEL: +2348033826152

Attn: Beneficiary,

I am Barrister John Nwa Attorney at Law to the Federal Government of Nigeria at the Payment approval office, As I was cross checking the beneficiary files i saw your name on list of unpaid beneficiary, while your payment has been approved to be release to you and is yet to be transfer to your account because you have been dealing with the wrong bank in position to release your fund to you.

I found out that some of the officials of various parasitical and Banks have been extorting a lot of money from you in the pretext of helping you receive your money, i can assure you that this may last for years yet nothing would happen if you do not do away with those officers by stop any further communication with those people.

As I saw this i contacted the Federal Ministry of Finance and they have issued to me an irrevocable payment approval order to your name for the smooth release of your fund $9.5m dollar to you within 7working days for you to receive your fund as the genuine beneficiary to the fund before the end of this year 2010.

Why I did this, is because according to information gathered on your behalf from some Banks computer, you have been waiting for a long time to receive your fund without success. As I found out that you have almost met all the statutory requirements of the banks in respect of your contract payment, your problem is that of interest groups. a lot of people are interested in your payment that is why you have been receiving phone calls and messages from different people everyday claiming to be what they are not.

I AM WILLING TO HELP YOU GET YOUR MONEY TRANSFER TO YOU BUT PLEASE FOR SECURITY REASONS DO NOT TELL ANYBODY THAT YOU HAVE GOTTEN A GENUINE MEANS TO RECEIVE YOUR MONEY UNTIL YOUR FUND IS TRANSFER TO YOUR ACCOUNT SMOOTHLY.

As a matter of fact and urgency, you are required to send below information to me immediately to instruct you further on how your fund will be credited to you, Send to us your below details as stated.

Your Full Name: _____________________________
Your Complete Address:_______________________
Name of City of Residence: _____________________
Country:____________________________________
Direct Telephone Number:______________________
Mobile Number:______________________________
Fax Number:__________________________________
Age: ______________________________________
Occupation: __________________________________

As i received your information stated, you will be advice on how your fund will be credited to you without delay.

I sincerely apologies what ever delay this might have curse you and assured you that it will never happen again as you follow our directives.

You are advice to call me on: +2348033826152 immediately you receive this letter for confirmation as soon as possible for the processing of the immediate release of your fund to you within 7working days as we need to conclude this transaction.

Thanks as your urgent response highly appreciated immediately.

Email me back to: barrister_johnnwa1@yahoo.com.hk and make sure that you call me immediately: +2348033826152.

Best Regards
Barrister John Nwa.
Attorney to the Federal
Government of Nigeria
Tel: +2348033826152.

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